Perry Barr Urban District

Perry Barr
Perry Barr
	Postcard of St John the Evangelist parish church, taken circa 1904
Population
• 1901	2,348
• 1911	2,403
• 1921	2,700
History
• Created	1894
• Abolished	1928
• Succeeded by	City of Birmingham
Status	Urban District
Government	Urban District Council

Perry Barr Urban District, or Urban District of Perry Barr was an area of England for local government administrative purposes. As such, it was administered locally by Perry Barr Urban District Council. It took its name from the included hamlet of Perry Barr,^[1] which was until then in the parish of Handsworth.^[1] It was created in 1894 as a result of the Local Government Act 1894,^[2] as a subdivision of the administrative county of Staffordshire, and existed until 1928,^[1] when it largely became part of Birmingham,^[1] and so also part of the county of Warwickshire.^[1] At that time, small parts of the district were granted to the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield,^[1] also in Warwickshire, and to West Bromwich^[1] (remaining in Staffordshire until 1974). In 1974, Birmingham was taken out of Warwickshire and became part of the West Midlands county, as was Sutton Coldfield, which became part of Birmingham at the same time.

The district included areas which today are known as:

The area is still considered to be in the Staffordshire vice-county for wildlife recording purposes.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g 'The City of Birmingham', in A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 7, the City of Birmingham, ed. W B Stephens (London, 1964), pp. 1-3. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/warks/vol7/pp1-3 [accessed 3 February 2017].
^ Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73)
^ "Staffordshire Place Guide - Handsworth". Staffordshire County Council. Retrieved 3 February 2017.

Population statistics: "Perry Barr UD through time -Population Statistics". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 4 February 2017.

External links

Perry Barr UD boundary map at Vision of Britain

52°31′30″N 1°54′14″W / 52.525°N 1.904°W / 52.525; -1.904

[VCH-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g 'The City of Birmingham', in A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 7, the City of Birmingham, ed. W B Stephens (London, 1964), pp. 1-3. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/warks/vol7/pp1-3 [accessed 3 February 2017].

[2] Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73)

[Scc=PG-3] "Staffordshire Place Guide - Handsworth". Staffordshire County Council. Retrieved 3 February 2017.

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v t e History of local government districts in Staffordshire
Ancient boroughs	Stafford Leek Newcastle-under-Lyme Walsall
Incorporated boroughs	Bilston Burslem Burton upon Trent Dudley Hanley City of Lichfield Longton Newcastle-under-Lyme Rowley Regis Smethwick Stafford Stoke-on-Trent Tipton Walsall West Bromwich Wolverhampton
Urban districts	Aldridge-Brownhills Amblecote Audley Biddulph Brierley Hill Cannock Coseley Darlaston Fenton Handsworth Kidsgrove Leek Perry Barr Quarry Bank Rugeley Sedgley Smallthorne Short Heath Stone Tunstall Uttoxeter Wolstanton Wednesbury Wednesfield Willenhall
Rural districts	Cannock Cheadle Gnosall Kingswinford Lichfield Leek Newcastle-under-Lyme Seisdon Stafford Stoke upon Trent Stone Tamworth Tutbury Uttoxeter Walsall Wolstanton
Civil parishes	List of civil parishes in Staffordshire
Boundary changes affecting Staffordshire